Kwan-Liu Ma

Professor of Computer Science

University of California at Davis

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Kwan-Liu Ma

Kwan-Liu Ma
Professor of Computer Science
Chair of the Graduate Group in Computer Science
Head of VIDI
Director of the UC Davis Center for Visualization
ma@cs.ucdavis.edu
415-307-2425
530-752-6958

Staff

Johennes Novotny

Johennes Novtny
Software Specialist
Technische Universitat Wien, Austria

Vivian Ho

Vivian Ho
Designer
UC Davis

Postdoctoral Researchers

Liao

Dr. Isaac Liao
UC Davis

Dr. Christopher Muelder

Christopher Muelder
UC Davis

Visiting Scholars

Jun

Jun Ma
PhD Student
Wuhan University, China

Fuli

Prof Fuli Wu
Zhejiang University of Technology, China


Graduate Students

Tarik Crnovrsanin

Tarik Crnovrsanin
Ph.D. Student
UC Davis

Visual Analytics

Nick Leaf

Nick Leaf
Ph.D. Student
University of Wisconsin

Scientific Visualization

Yu-Hsuan Chan

Yu-Hsuan Chan
Ph.D. Candidate
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Visual Analytics

Wei-Hsien Hsu

Wei-Hsien Hsu
Ph.D. Candidate
National Taiwan University

Scientific Visualization

Jishang Wei

Jishang Wei
Ph.D. Candidate
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Scientific Visualization

Lin Zheng

Lin Zheng
PhD Candidate
M.A. University of Konstanz, Germany
B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Biomedical Data Visualization

Yuzuru

Yuzuru Tanahashi
PhD Candidate
University of Tokyo, Japan

Information Visualization

Yubo

Yubo Zhang
PhD Candidate
M.S. Hong Kong Baptist University, China
B.S. Zhejiang University, China

Scientific Visualization

Carmen

Carmen Sigovan
PhD Candidate
B.S. George Washington University, DC

Software Visualization

Bob

Bob Miller
PhD Student
B.S. UC Davis

Scientific Visualization

Chun-Fu Wang

Chun-Fu Wang
Ph.D. Student
B.S., National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

HCI

Jinrong Xie

Jinrong Xie
Ph.D. Candidate
M.S., Zhejiang University, China

Scientific Visualization

Yeseul Park

Yeseul Park
Ph.D. Student
M.S., KAIST, Korea

Information Visualization

Guo-Xun Yuan

Guo-Xun Yuan
Ph.D. Student
M.S., National Taiwan University

Visual Analytics and Data Mining

Min Shih

Min Shih
Ph.D. Student
M.S., Tsinghwa University, Taiwan

Scientific Visualization

Yucong Ye

(Chris) Yucong Ye
Ph.D. Student
University of California-Davis

Scientific Visualization

Yang Wang

Yang Wang
Ph.D. Student
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

HCI

Shu-Wei Hsu

Shu-Wei Hsu
Ph.D. Student
National Taiwan University

Information Visualization

Chien-Hsin Hsueh

Chien-Hsin Hsueh
Ph.D. Student
National Taiwan Normal University

Information Visualization

Chris Bryan

Chris Bryan
Ph.D. Student
University of Arkansas

Scientific Visualization

Franz Sauer

Franz Sauer
Ph.D. Student
California Institute of Technology

Scientific Visualization

Namitha Benjamin

Namitha Benjamin
Ph.D. Student
Rochester Institute of Technology

Visual Analytics

Robert Hero

Robert Hero
Ph.D. Student
UC Santa Cruz

Scientific Visualization

Undergraduate Researchers

Ashish Subedy

Ashish Subedy
Computer Science
UC Davis

Shun Yu

Shun Yu
Computer Science
UC Davis


Graduated Students

  • Anna Tikhonova, Ph.D., 12-2012, Apple
  • Nathan Fout, Ph.D., 8-2012, UC San Diego
  • Cheng-Kai Chen, Ph.D., 12-2011, Microsoft
  • Chris Muelder, Ph.D., 9-2011, UC Davis
  • Michael Ogawa, Ph.D., 3-2011, Youtube
  • Zeqiang Shen, Ph.D., 8-2009, eBay Research
  • Hiroshi Akiba, Ph.D., 8-2008, Intel
  • Hongfeng Yu, Ph.D., 6-2008, Assistant Professor, University of Nabraska-Lincoln
  • Runzhen Huang, Ph.D., 6-2007, Microsoft
  • Fan-Yin Tzeng, Ph.D., 12-2006, Intel
  • Brett E. Wilson, Ph.D., 9-2005, Google
  • Soon Tee Teoh, Ph.D., 9-2004, Associate Professor, San Jose State University
  • Eric Lum, Ph.D., 6-2004, NVidia
  • Greg Schussman, Ph.D. 12-2003, Kontagent
  • TJ Jankun-Kelly, Ph.D. 6-2003, Assoicate Professor, Mississippi State University

  • Yelena Wu, M.S., 6-2013,
  • Dan Potter, M.S., 12-2011, Lawarence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Yu-Hsin Shih, M.S., 12-2011
  • Yue Wang, M.S., 6-2008, Google
  • Jonathan Strasser, M.S., 3-2007, Electronics for Imaging
  • Lei Chen, M.S., 12-2007, Bank of America
  • Eric Sunalp, M.S., 6-2005, Apple
  • Jonathan McPherson, M.S., 6-2004, Microsoft
  • Ian Bowman, M.S., 6-2004, UCLA
  • Aleksander Stompel, M.S. 9-2003, 4DBlue
  • Conrad Tse, M.S. 9-2002, EA Maxis
  • David Camp, M.S. 6-2000, UCD PhD Student

Supervised Postdocs

  • Arnaud Sallaberry, Associate Professor, LIRMM, France, August 2011 - July 2012
  • Yingcai Wu, MSRA, May 2010 - March 2012
  • Stephane Marchesin, Google, January-November 2010
  • Carlos Correa, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, September 2008 - April 2010
  • Chaoli Wang, Assistant Professor, Michigan Technology University, January 2007 - August 2009

Other Former Members

  • Professor Xiangjun Zhao, Xuzhou Normal University, March 2012 - March 2013
  • Prerna Dudani, January 2011 - February 2013
  • Professor Chunxia Xiao, Wuhan University, February 2012 - February 2013
  • Martin Dubcovsky, UC Davis, August - December 2012
  • Rina Nakazawa, Ochanomizu University, Japan, September - December 2012
  • Yuka Nomura, Ochanomizu University, Japan, September - December 2012
  • Jia-Kai Chou, National Taiwan University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, February 2012 - September 2012
  • Derek Gerstmann, University of Western Australia, Australia, June 2011 - January 2012
  • Professor Hanchen Song, National University of Defense Technology, China, January 2011- January 2012
  • Zach Margolis, UC Davis, 2009-2011
  • Lei Tang, Shangdong University, September 2010 -September 2011
  • Professor ZhangYe Wang, Zhejiang University, September 2010 -August 2011
  • Ting Zhang, Zhejiang University, July - September 2011
  • Chris Ho, UC Davis, January 2009 -August 2011
  • Weiwei Cui, HKUST, Hong Kong, January-June 2011
  • Thomas Provan, UC Davis undergrad, 2009-2011
  • Alberto Boschetti, Universita' Degli Studi Di Brescia, Italy,July 2010 - Feb 2011
  • An Ho, UC Davis, Feburary 2007-February 2011
  • Professor Ronghua Liang, Zhejiang University of Technology, February 2010-February 2011
  • Professor Sanghun Park, Dongguk University, January 2010 - January 2011
  • Steffen Frey, University of Stuttgart, October-December 2010
  • Jack Ramey, UC Davis, June-September 2010
  • Carlos Rojas, UC Davis, June-September 2010
  • Jingxian Li, undergraduate student, Zhejiang University, China, July-September 2010
  • Kyungwon Lee, Professor, Ajou University, Korea, October 2009-September 2010
  • Jiangqiang Mei, PhD student, Tianjin University, China, October 2008-September 2010
  • Fangfang Zhou, Instructor, Central South University, Central South University, China, September 2009-August 2010
  • Jeff Sukharev, PhD student, UC Davis, 2007-2010
  • Neema Mostafavi, B.S. UC Davis, 2010
  • Yu-Shuen Wang, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, Feb-Jun 2009
  • Jing Fang, Zhejiang University, China, July-September 2009
  • Ove Lampe, University of Bergen, Norway, January-March 2009
  • Mingyun He, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China, January-June 2009
  • Jung Hong Chuang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2007-2008
  • Takayuki Itoh, Ochanomizu University, September-October 2008
  • Tim van Dijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland
  • Misha Shalai, Belarusian State University, Summer 2007 and summer 2009
  • Yukiko Ishida, B.S. UC Davis, 2007
  • Ignacio Fraga, B.S. UC Davis, 2007
  • Edison Luong, B.S. UC Davis, 2007
  • Amir Tavakoli, B.S. UC Davis, 2007
  • Ning Yang, B.S. UC Davis
  • Daniel Lewis, B.S. UC Davis
  • Michael Nguyen, B.S. UC Davis
  • Brian Tran, UCSD, UC LEADS scholar, summer 2004
  • David Crawford, B.S. UC Davis, Spring 2004 (@ MIT Lincoln Lab).
  • Gabriel Rosa, undergraduate student, UC Davis
  • Colin Thompkins, B.S. UC Davis (Graduate student @ Univ. of Oregon)
  • Dennis Durkin, B.S. UC Davis (Graduate student @ UCD)
  • Edward Lin, B.S. UC Davis
  • Robert Hero, B.S. UC Davis (Graduate student @ UC Santa Cruz)
  • Wesley Wong, B.S. UC Davis
  • Simona Tassinari, Bologna University, Italy
  • Fabien Vivodtzev, France
  • Ikuko Takanashi, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan
  • Gheni Abla, General Atomics, San Diego